AAKASH OHOL

Gilpin Spice, Windermere

Date: 16 September 2023
Location: Gossel Ridding, Windermere
Price: £75

Tickets include 7 course tasting menu & champagne reception.

Aakash Ohol, previously sous chef at HRiSHi, now holds the reins as head chef of Gilpin Spice.

A popular and well-respected senior member of the kitchen at Gilpin’s Michelin-starred restaurant, Aakash’s progression to the top role at Gilpin Spice was a natural next step. Prior to his role at HRiSHi he was already a long established, five-star head chef of Asian cuisine in Goa, India, catering to a very discerning clientele.

TOM WESTERLAND

Knipe Grill at Gilpin Lake House

Welsh chef Tom ‘Westy’ Westerland heads up the kitchen at Gilpin’s newest restaurant, Knipe Grill at Gilpin Lake House.

For five years, Westy trained at Restaurant Hywel Jones, the well-revered fine dining offering at Relais & Châteaux Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, which has retained its Michelin star since 2006.

Westy was also head chef of the Brasserie at Lucknam Park, where he discovered and refined his passion for grill cooking, especially on coal, combining this with Michelin techniques to enhance the quality. His menus are fun, entertaining, nostalgic and tap into a sense of playfulness to create memorable, talkworthy dishes. Often, he takes inspiration from household products, such as his signature Branston pickle butter, which is both fun and sublime.

Westy proudly holds the enviable title of National Chef of the Year for Wales.